A Fast Ship

His faded red cap was tilted showing his near bald scalp beneath and his darkened skin was weathered from years on the sea. Kysandre's father, the captain of a large fishing vessel considered me while puffing on a pipe.

"I will take you to the ship builder," he said.

I nodded. "Thanks. Do you have time for a trip north?"

"No," he said. "But we will make time." He was short, wiry but deceptively strong. As he walked up the dry dock his gait made it seem like he was more accustomed to being on a rocking ship than stable land.

The ship builder's home was the largest on the docks. It stretched from the front of the dock all the way to the rear and was at the western most end. We entered through the wide door and I could see why. It was a home and workshop in one.